Newspaper critics, coaches an players Saturday unanimously joied in praising the Crimson in their victory over Yale. Excerpts from statments issued by these men follow.
"Ben Ticknor is the greatest center I have ever seen play football... It was a good hard game, the kindwhich I believe football followers like to see." --Arnold Horween '21, Harvard head coach.
"Harvard should receive full credit for defeating a team which was supposed to be better than the Cimson. The game was a brilliant one, inwhich a great team won."--Marvin A Stevens, Yale head coach.
Danzig Comments
"They looked like a couple o Notre Dame teams after the first quarter. The tackling of both teams was vicious and decisive. One of the finest played games I have seen this year; the breaks decided it."--Allison Danzig, New York Times.
"The game was settled from tackle to tackle. When Yale's up-the-center play's did not go, their chances disappeared."--Fred Gillies, Cornell.
Booth Inspires Harvard
"The substitution of Booth inspired Harvard more than it did Yale. The Crimson woke up when he came on the field."--Roy Kelley, former Dartmouth star.
"The Harvard line looked very good, as it did against West Point, and Mays is the best back I've seen since the days of Eddie Mahan."--J. D. Upton '93, former Harvard tackle.
"Booth had a bad charley horse and could not do himself full justice. I was a bit surprised that the Yale coaches sent him in when they did, inasmuch as McLennan seemed to be getting good work out of the team."-- Lothrop Withington '11, former Harvard captain.
"It was a battle of lines. Harvard reached its top form of the year. Harper, to me, appeared great on defence."--L. F. Daley '27.
Booth Still a Marvel
"The dropkick was a fluke, but I watched Booth thereafter for signs of a let-down. He did not wilt a bit. He was lame, and probably disappointed some of the crowd, but to me he is still a marvel."--Jackson Cannell, Dartmouth head coach.
"The Devens-to-Mays lateral which led to Harvard's touchdown was the play which pleased me most."--A. K. Marsters, injured Dartmouth quarterback.
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